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Waiting in 'The Pool"
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Grandmaster235
World's Greatest Pilot
Please tell me you're kidding... [:0] [:0] [:0]
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Grandmaster235
World's Greatest Pilot
Hmmm... We had to both - AJOLT before API and BOLT after winging. Who knows...
<<tali264 says i love the dolphins>>
<<tali264 says i love the dolphins>>
Grandmaster235
World's Greatest Pilot
Affirmative.
<<tali264 says i love the dolphins>>
BOLT is what I'm talking about. I talked to a '96 USNA grad who's now a Tomcat RIO who went through it after winging a couple years back. He says that it's more of the same PC bull**** that they try to shove down your throat for four years at USNA. If you don't know enough about leadership by the time you get to API then you're never gonna learn.
So how long have you guys been waiting in the pool before startup?
So how long have you guys been waiting in the pool before startup?
kappu411
Naval Aviator
I heard that after OCS if there is a wait for API entry, you go home, from where u r from , on the officer hometown recruiting program (OHARP) , anyone ever hear of this, if so , how long could it last, do u get just base pay , or do they give you Bah for that area also..
Tony
Tony
Dave Shutter
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OHARP is TAD so I guess that would be BAH for the area you're in but I'm not sure. It's usually for a month, you get your regular pay and are not charged leave days and travel to and from is under orders. I did OHARP twice (the second time was an extension of emergency leave, my case was special) and the general line I got was that they'd prefer you to hang around (after OCS) so you can class up when available. So unless you have a legimitate reason to go home for a month (sick mom: yes! missing your girlfriend: no!) than don't count on it. The LT in charge of Flight Management decides. Never hurts to ask though.
Right now they are not letting people in the aviation community go on OHARP unless there are extreme circumstances. FO's get stashed after going through all the admin stuff and BOLT-C and pilots go to IFS unless they already have flight time. This is the latest I've heard and I graduate OCS on 13 DEC. Hope this helps.
Affirm on the OHARP.
Both SNA ans SNFO's will get stashed or stand watch until they class up. When I left API was about to make OCS grads wait 10 wks before classing up. Dont know if that came about though (10 week wait). If you get offered IFS take it.
Dave
Both SNA ans SNFO's will get stashed or stand watch until they class up. When I left API was about to make OCS grads wait 10 wks before classing up. Dont know if that came about though (10 week wait). If you get offered IFS take it.
Dave
All SNA's that were commissioned after 01OCT are required to do IFS if they don't have their private license, so you don't have a choice to "take it" or not. You're doing it, period.
Unfortunately, they haven't started implimenting the FO's into IFS yet, which sucks for me because I'm sitting around in "A" pool doing nothing all the time. I just finished BOLTC, and that was craptastic. Other than that, I muster and go home.
Unfortunately, they haven't started implimenting the FO's into IFS yet, which sucks for me because I'm sitting around in "A" pool doing nothing all the time. I just finished BOLTC, and that was craptastic. Other than that, I muster and go home.
Dave Shutter
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Just commissioned from OCS as a SNA and "HAVE" to do IFS, no choice! Hmmm...25 free hours and a couple solo's with a couple hundred buck of free pilot stuff...twist my arm why don't you!
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